Davids Sand Sample Collection

I don't know if you can call this a craft, which takes skill. Or a hobby which is something I like to do for fun in my spare time. It all started when I collected some sand from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. This is not sand at all but white gypsum dunes. Then as we crossed the lower 48 I started collecting small portions of sand from lakes, dunes, beaches and other places. Then I had to find small bottles that were the uniform and make a display case for the samples. I made the first sample display case in Florida. Then as we traveled and found and collected more interesting sand in other parts of the U.S. I had to expand my display case by adding two sides which hinged together to fold in. After I filled all the holes we traveled to Alaska where I could have gotten samples from the Yukon River bank on the Daulton Highway or more. I finally settled on a sample of glacier sand on the Homer Spit which was 100,000 years ago, a glacier. Now I have to remove one of my other specimens because there is no more room in the display case. Well I had two samples from Lake Superior so one of them was replaced with the sand from Homer and I stopped collecting samples. Otherwise I could have a whole room full of samples. But it was fun and it is amazing how much different sand is from one place to another.